Bundle-carrying device.



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BUNDLE CARRYING DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED APIL?, 1905.

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UNITED STATES Q.Pinamar onnron.

BUNDLE-CARRYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed April 7, 1905. Serial No. 254.274.

To au whom it may 0072/067171,.-

Be it known that I, EvALD FRANTZICH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kensington, in the county of Douglas and State of Minnesota,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundle-CarryingDevices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to threshing-machines, and has for its object toprovide an improved bundle-feeding device for carrying the bundles fromthe stack to the band-cutter and feeder.

To the above ends the invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation with some parts shown in diagramand with some parts broken away, illustrating my invention applieddirectly to a band-cutter and feeder of athreshing-machine. Fig. 2is atransverse vertical section taken on the line 002 m2 of Figs. 1 and 4.Fig. 3 is a detail in transverse section, taken on the line .frs x3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, some partsbeing broken away and several stacks of grain being indicateddiagrammatically by dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a detail view, in frontelevation, with some parts broken away looking at the parts located inthe vicinity of the line marked m5 :o5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a detailin vertical section, taken on the line ai of Fig. 4, some parts beingbroken away.

Of the parts of the threshing-machine shown in the drawings the numeral1 indicates the case, and the numeral 2 one of the front wheels, and thenumeral 3 the shaft of the threshing-cylinder, which shaft is, as usual,provided with a pulley 4 at one end.

In the drawings a band-cutter and feeder of standard or any suitableconstruction is shown as applied in the usual way to thethreshing-machine in position to deliver the unthreshed grain to thecylinder and concave. This band-cutter and feeder is indicateddiagrammatically in the drawings, and its frame is indicated as anentirety by the numeral 5,

said frame of course being rigidly secured to the front portion of thecase 1. Of the parts of the band-cutter and feeder it is only desirableto n'ote the endless conveyer or feeder proper (indicated by the numeral6) and the band-cutter shaft 7, which is provided at one end with apulley 8. The blades of the bandcutter are not shown in the drawings,but may be of the usual or any suitable construction. The feeder-belt 6runs over suitable guiderollers 9, 10, and 11, which rollers are mountedin the sides of the frame 5, and in the drawings, Fig. 1, are indicatedby dotted lines only. The shaft 12 of the driving-roller 10 is providedat one end with a pulley 13.

My improved feeding attachment is supported by a frame which is adaptedto be folded back over the separator when not in use. This folding framecomprises a pair of parallel bars 14, which at their inner ends arepivoted to bearings 15, secured on top of the frame 5. A supporting-leg16 is pivoted at 16 to the fowardly-projecting ends of the bars 14. Aconical feed-hopper 17 overlies the outer portion of the feeder-belt 6,being, as shown, rigidly secured to the horizontallyextended overlyingframe-bars 14 by vertical straps 18. The upper edge of the hopper 17aords an annular track, and for this purpose it is preferably providedwith a rigidly-secured laterally-projecting ange 19.

Rigidly secured between and to the framebars 14 over the axis of thehopper 17 is a bearing 20, provided with a vertical sleeve 21, in whichis journaled a short vertical shaft 22, having at its upper end amiter-gear 23 and at its lowerend a bevel-gear 24.

Pivoted on the lower end of the sleeve 21 is a pair ofreversely-projecting oscillatory frames 25, the outer ends of which areturned downward and are provided each with' three small truck-wheels 2626 27. The wheels 26 run on top of the track-liange 19 to support theouter ends of the frame 25, and the wheels 27 hold the said wheels 26down in engagement with the said track-flange. The oscillatory frames25, with their supportingwheels, constitute vibratory trucks which carryeach one of the improved bundle-conveyers.

The vertical end portions of the truckframes 25, it will be noted, (seeFig. 1,) are cut away to form large rectangular passages 25". Shorthorizontal shafts 28 extend across IOS the openings 2521 and arejournaled in suitable bearings on the lower portions of the verticalsections of said frames 25. On these shafts 28 the inner ends of longconveyer-frames 29 are pivotally mounted, said frames 29 preferablyhaving prong-bearings 30, which engage said shaft 28, as shown in Fig.6, to afford a detachable pivotal connection for the said frames 29.Endless belt-conveyers 31 run over rollers 32 and 33, mounted in theends of the respective frames 29. The shafts of the rollers 33, whichvare at the inner ends of the supporting-frames 29, are provided at oneend with spur-gears- 34, that mesh with spur-gears 35 on one end of theshafts 28, heretofore noted. The said shafts 28 at their other ends areprovided with sprockets 36.

Extending longitudinally of and mounted in suitable bearings on thevibratory truckframes 25 are counter-shafts 37, provided at their outerends with miter-gears 38 and provided at their inner ends withbevel-pinions 39, that mesh with the bevel-gear 24, carried by thevertical counter-shaft 22, as before described. The miter-gears 38 meshwith miter-gears 40, carried by short counter-shafts 41, journaled inthe outer portionsv of the frames 25 above the counter-shafts 28 andprovided at one end with sprockets 42. Sprocket-chains 43 run over thecorresponding Vertically-alined sprockets 36 and 42. rlhe miter-gear 23on the upper end of the vertical counter-shaft 22 (see particularly Fig.2) meshes with a miter-gear 44, carried by a counter-shaft 45, journaledin suitable bearings on the hinged frame 14. At one end this shaft 45 isprovided with a pulley 46.

Mounted to work in parallel vertical planes over the central portion ofthe hopper 17 and over the receiving portion of the feeder-belt 6 is apair of endless reversely-driven feedbelts 47. rlhese feed-belts runover rollers 48, mounted in supporting-frames 49, which frames arepivoted for oscillatory movements, their lower ends being supported by asegmental flange 50, rigidly secured to the rim of the hopper 17. Toafford pivots for the upper ends of the frames 49, the shafts of therollers 48 at the upper ends thereof are journaled in a yoke-likebearing 51, (see particularly Figs. 1 and 3,) rigidly secured to thepivoted frame 14. The upper ends of these roller-shafts are providedwith intermeshing spur-gears 52, and one thereof is also provided with amiter-gear 53, that meshes with a miter-gear 54 of a counter-shaft 55,which counter-shaft is journaled in the yoke 51 and is provided atoneend with a pulley 56.

The numeral 57 indicates set-screws that work through the lower portionof the upper flanges of the frame and impinge upon the fixed flange torigidly hold said frames 49 in any set position.

The numeral 58 indicates a divider-board that extends between the twoframes 49 and is fixed with respect to the hopper. The said hopper 17 isof course open at that side which is adjacent to the band-cutters.

The numeral 59 indicates a counter-shaft which is mounted in suitablebearings on the upper portion of the feeder-frame5 and is provided withthree pulleys 60, 61, and 62. A crossed belt 63 runs over the pulley 62and over the pulley 56 of the counter-shaft 55. A crossed belt 64 runsover the pulley 61 and over the pulley 46 of the counter-shaft 45. Abelt 65 runs over the pulley 60 and over the pulley 13 of the shaft 12.The said belts 63, 64, and 65 are indicated in the drawings, Figs. 1 and4, by dotted lines. Saidshaft 12 will be driven from the cylinder-shaft3 in the usual way by means of belts and pulleys. (Not shown.) l.

To support the free outer ends of the conveyer-frames 29 wit-h freedomfor vertical adjustments, while permitting them to be freely moved in ahorizontal plane or sidewise from one stack to another, I preferablyemploy cables 66, that are arranged in pairs, having their upper andrearwardly extended ends attached to a windlass-drum 67, mounted insuitable bearings on the separator-frame 1 and provided with anoperating-crank 68.

The usual or any suitable means may be pro-4 vided for locking the drum67 against rotation. The other ends of said cables 66 are attached towindlass-druins 69, which drums are connected in pairs, are mounted onthe outer portions of the respective frames 29, and are provided with ahand-crank 70, by means of which they may be turned. Any suitable meansmay be provided for locking the drums 69 against rotation. At their-intermediate portions the cables 66 run over guide-sheaves -71, mountedon standards 72, rigidly secured on top of the pivoted frame 14. In Fig.4 the character .e indicates several stacks of grain. (Shown by dottedlines.)

As is evident, the outer ends of the endless bundle-conveyers 31 may begiven independent vertical and lateral adjustments to adapt them to thestack from which bundles are being fed. It is also evident that throughthe driving connections described the said conveyers 3l andthe conveyers47 will be driven in the proper directions to carry the bundles onto thefeeder-belt 6 and toward the bandcutter. The conveyers 47 engage theends of the bundles and turn them longitudinally on the feeder-belt 6.When the bundle-conveyer 31 is turned at an acute angle to theseparatorcase 1, it is desirable to move the free end of the cooperatingconveyer 47 outward, so as to maintain the said two cooperatingconveyers more nearly at a right angle to each other than wouldotherwise be the case.

In moving the entire machine from place to place the bundle conveyers 31and their frames 29 may be detached, and the supporting-frame 14 andpedestal or leg 16 may be IOO IIO

folded together and turned backward over the feeder-frame 5 entirely outof the way. In moving the machine from one setting to another it is not,of course, necessary to remove the conveyers 31 and frames 29.

The bundle-feeding device described greatly reduces the amount of laborrequired in delivering the bundles from the stack to the threshingmechanism.

The mechanism described is of course capable of modification within thescope of my invention as herein set forth and claimed.

What l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. The combination with a threshing-machine an'd a feeder therefor, of ahopper overlying said feeder, an endless conveyer projecting from saidhopper and mounted for oscillatory movements in a horizontal plane,` andan endless conveyer set edgewise in a vertical plane, and mounted totravel in a horizontal plane overlying the central portion of saidhopper and mounted for oscillatory movements, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with a threshing-machine and a feeder therefor, of ahopper overlying said feeder, the upper edge thereof af fording anannular track, a pair of truckframes pivoted at the aXis of the hopperand mounted to travel on the track at the upper edge thereof, a pair ofconveyerframes connected at their inner ends to the outer ends of saidpivoted truck-frames, and independently supported at their free endswith freedom for vertical adjustments, endless bundle-conveyers mountedon said conveyer-frames, and a pair of reversely-driven conveyers setedge- Wise in vertical planes and mounted to travel in horizontalplanes, overlying the central portion of said hopper, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EVALD FRANTZICH.

Witnesses:

AUG. BENsoN, AUG. G. ANDERSON.

